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title: "CVE-2025-55190: Argo CD's Project API Token Exposes Repository Credentials"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2025-55190/
description: "CVE-2025-55190 (github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go)): Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. In versions 2.13.0 through…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2025-09-04
date_modified: 2026-02-10
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2025-55190"
kev: false
cvss: 10
epss: 0.05655
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2025-55190: Argo CD's Project API Token Exposes Repository Credentials

**Signal:** Critical, preconditions apply. Severe if exploited, but exploitation needs conditions that may not apply to you. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- No confirmed exploitation. It is not in CISA’s KEV catalog and CISA’s SSVC assessment records no known exploitation. That can change quickly after a public write-up; re-check if you are affected.
- EPSS 5.7% , percentile 93: FIRST’s model estimates a 5.7% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (elevated). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Needs an account (low (any account)). Exposure depends on who can log in.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) >= 2.13.0, < 2.13.9, fixed in 2.13.9 ; github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) >= 2.14.0, < 2.14.16, fixed in 2.14.16 ; github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v3 (Go) < 3.0.14, fixed in 3.0.14 ; github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v3 (Go) >= 3.1.0-rc1, < 3.1.2, fixed in 3.1.2 . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. In versions 2.13.0 through 2.13.8, 2.14.0 through 2.14.15, 3.0.0 through 3.0.12 and 3.1.0-rc1 through 3.1.1, API tokens with project-level permissions are able to retrieve sensitive repository credentials (usernames, passwords) through the project details API endpoint, even when the token only has standard application management permissions and no explicit access to secrets. This vulnerability does not only affect project-level permissions. Any token with project get permissions is also vulnerable, including global permissions such as: p, role/user, projects, get, , allow. This issue is fixed in versions 2.13.9, 2.14.16, 3.0.14 and 3.1.2.

## Affected packages

- Go `github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2` >= 2.13.0, < 2.13.9 → fixed: 2.13.9
- Go `github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2` >= 2.14.0, < 2.14.16 → fixed: 2.14.16
- Go `github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v3` < 3.0.14 → fixed: 3.0.14
- Go `github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v3` >= 3.1.0-rc1, < 3.1.2 → fixed: 3.1.2

## Affected products (CVE record)

- argoproj argo-cd: >= 2.13.0, < 2.13.9, >= 2.14.0, < 2.14.16, >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.14, >= 3.1.0-rc1, < 3.1.2

## Severity

- GitHub_M CVSS 3.1: 10 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 9.9 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none , automatable no , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 5.66% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 93.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-786q-9hcg-v9ff](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-786q-9hcg-v9ff)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2025-55190](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-55190)
- [NVD entry CVE-2025-55190](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55190)
- [github.com](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-786q-9hcg-v9ff)
- [github.com](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/e8f86101f5378662ae6151ce5c3a76e9141900e8)

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